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19 year old Texas man faces life in prison for pot brownies
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 6:22 PM Author: Lilac titillating twinkling uncleanness http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/25583272/teen-could-face-life-after-cops-find-pot-brownies
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — A 19-year-old Texas man accused of making and selling brownies laced with marijuana and hash oil faces a felony charge that carries a punishment of anywhere from five years to life in prison.
According to Round Rock police, officers found 1.5 pounds of brownies, along with a pound of marijuana, digital scales, $1,675 in cash and dozens of baggies with marijuana and hash oil at Jacob Lavoro's apartment last month. Police were responding to a complaint about marijuana use.
Lavoro was arrested but is out of jail on a $30,000 surety bond.
His father, Joe Lavoro, said he was shocked at how much prison time his son could face.
"It's outrageous, it's crazy! I don't understand it," the father told Austin TV station KEYE.
"Five years to life?" he continued. "I'm sorry, I'm a law-abiding citizen. I'm a conservative. I love my country. I'm a Vietnam veteran, but ... this is wrong!"
However, the prosecutor who is handling noted that sentences can vary depending on aggravating factors and other considerations, and that a plea deal is always possible.
"First-time offenders are treated differently. As far as I know, he is a first offender," Williamson County prosecutor Travis McDonald told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
McDonald noted that possessing 4 grams of hash oil is enough for a first-degree felony charge. According to an affidavit filed with the court, Jacob Lavoro had 145 grams of hash oil, in addition to the brownies.
Hash oil is a controlled substance that carries much harsher state penalties than marijuana. The oil has higher concentrations of THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana. It's in a penalty group with amphetamines and ecstasy.
Also, because Lavoro used hash oil, prosecutors can aggregate the weight of the brownies and charge him with manufacturing and distribution of 1.5 pounds of that category of controlled substances, McDonald said.
That means, for example, that "if you dissolve cocaine into a coke, technically you could charge him with the weight of the coke," McDonald said. However, he added, "I don't think I would."
Lavoro's lawyer, Jack Holmes, told KEYE the first-degree offense should be changed to a misdemeanor. Calls the AP made to his office Tuesday went unanswered.
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 8:56 PM Author: Excitant french chef fanboi Picking up dudebros for pot brownies in the Austin area = fish in barrel shooting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25612388) |
Date: May 22nd, 2014 6:24 PM Author: Flickering weed whacker Reptiles never not in favor of different rules for themselves.
"Five years to life?" he continued. "I'm sorry, I'm a law-abiding citizen. I'm a conservative. I love my country. I'm a Vietnam veteran, but ... this is wrong!" |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:06 PM Author: Hilarious Headpube "I'm sorry, I'm a law-abiding citizen. I'm a conservative. I love my country. I'm a whit....er, Vietnam veteran, but ... this is wrong!
**Fixed** |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:13 PM Author: Flickering weed whacker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611817) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 6:27 PM Author: internet-worthy bearded keepsake machete oh and btw also had 145 grams of hash oil and a pound of weed but youre right charge was probably based mostly on dem brownies |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 6:36 PM Author: Bateful fuchsia theater preventive strike That is a lot of pot for one brownie. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611645) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:05 PM Author: navy medicated water buffalo hall Sounds like the range might be based on treating the weight of the brownies as the weight of the hash oil, though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611785) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:17 PM Author: internet-worthy bearded keepsake machete the article says that it is within the discretion of the prosecutor to determine whethe to argue that he had 1.5 POUNDS of hash oil based on the brownies, the prosecutor said he probably wouldn't the range appears to be based on the charge alone, without reference to the brownies "McDonald noted that possessing 4 grams of hash oil is enough for a first-degree felony charge. According to an affidavit filed with the court, Jacob Lavoro had 145 grams of hash oil, in addition to the brownies." |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:12 PM Author: Cracking house crotch Idris Elba smugly offers ten years for a plea instead of rolling the dice.
10 years plea now. However if you engage in discovery to figure out the warrant was actually based on an illegal NSA email tap, then the deal doubles to 20 years.
If you have the fucking nerve wasting the state's time at trial, 40 years if you are convicted. |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:14 PM Author: poppy skinny woman idea he suggested if i were on the jury i'd refuse to convict him on any charges (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611824) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 8:30 PM Author: Galvanic Sienna Lay That's why God invented mistrials, smart guy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25612229) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 8:41 PM Author: poppy skinny woman idea he suggested if it creates more work for an uncle tom like you, i'd be ok with that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25612288) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:23 PM Author: navy medicated water buffalo hall Seriously. A system of little despots. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611872) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:31 PM Author: Chestnut turdskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611916) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 8:07 PM Author: Hairless karate http://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2573264&mc=1&forum_id=2 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25612088) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 8:29 PM Author: Galvanic Sienna Lay lol
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DefBros thinking they have a fucking choice. |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:12 PM Author: poppy skinny woman idea he suggested i don't see the problem here (idris elba) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611815) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:14 PM Author: Cerebral codepig dood had a shit ton of drugs jfc throw him in prison for at least 5 years (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611825) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:15 PM Author: poppy skinny woman idea he suggested he broke are laws!! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611828) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:15 PM Author: misunderstood set milk who the fuck cares. its pot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611829) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:16 PM Author: Cerebral codepig the law is the law (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611831) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:17 PM Author: misunderstood set milk true (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611834) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:18 PM Author: Flirting shaky base and can never change. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611841) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:19 PM Author: Cerebral codepig take it to the booth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611842) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:20 PM Author: Flirting shaky base (guy who doesn't understand the american political process) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611855) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:21 PM Author: Mind-boggling chest-beating stage politicians won't let us. vast majority of americans support legalization now, but politicians ignore the people's will. we live in a two-party state, not a real democracy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611863) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:26 PM Author: poppy skinny woman idea he suggested i don't think it's a 'vast majority.' it's probably just a plurality or the polls are evenly split when you account for the margin of error. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611899) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:32 PM Author: Mind-boggling chest-beating stage if you're going nitpick, at least be correct.
it's a clear majority (58%), not a plurality, nationwide.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/165539/first-time-americans-favor-legalizing-marijuana.aspx
and it's a vast majority in many states where legalization will not happen for a long long time, including many liberal states, such as New York.
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:34 PM Author: poppy skinny woman idea he suggested nice edit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611924) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:35 PM Author: Mind-boggling chest-beating stage sorry i pwned your dumb nitpicking. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611929) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:37 PM Author: poppy skinny woman idea he suggested you didn't know that what i said was incorrect, so you had to find a poll from the most inaccurate 2012 pollsters to 'pwn' someone on a message board. congrats. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611938) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:38 PM Author: Mind-boggling chest-beating stage keep digging yourself a hole, faggot. and keep making shit up. you're done here. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611942) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:39 PM Author: poppy skinny woman idea he suggested keep furiously editing your posts. shit, even the post i responded to was edited by the time i hit the reply button. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611949) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:40 PM Author: Mind-boggling chest-beating stage (guy making shit up) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611951) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:36 PM Author: Mind-boggling chest-beating stage Benzo: "a 19 point gap is within the margin of error!" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611933) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:19 PM Author: internet-worthy bearded keepsake machete kind of agree, although 5 yeas is a long time but man, you know that pot is illegal, and you got busted with a fucking pound plus 145 grams of hash oil, which is a fucking shitload. if first charge, I bet he'll do 6 mos or so and get diversion, as the prosecutor suggests. however, I know a dude in texas who was on probation for having an ounce of pot, got busted with 2 addies that he didn't have a script for, and got 2 years |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:18 PM Author: Flirting shaky base Even 5 years for any drug charge is insane. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611839) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:19 PM Author: Cruel-hearted Masturbator Scourge Upon The Earth We need to put this guy away for life and then change are laws to make them more sensible. It's just pot. But he should stay in prison. As an example for us all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611845) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:21 PM Author: poppy skinny woman idea he suggested if he lives until 70 or 80 we're looking at 3 million dollars to lock him up for life, all just to minorly inconvenience everyone he dealt to by making them switch dealers. not one person will stop smoking weed because of this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611864) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:37 PM Author: Glittery candlestick maker principal's office A bullet is about $0.25 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611937) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:41 PM Author: Mind-boggling chest-beating stage cr. it's only due to libs and their demand for endless appeals/three-drug cocktail that we can't just save taxpayers money and end these wastes of space. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611957) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:21 PM Author: nofapping son of senegal indian lodge seen this posted several times. don't get the hysteria.
he was dealing in enough weight to merit a first degree felony charge. a first degree felony *can* carry a penalty of life in prison. as a first time offender he won't get the maximum penalty, and the DA might be willing to plead down to a misdemeanor for all we know.
pot brownies = life sentence in texas is deliberately misleading HuffPo clickbait garbage as per usual. |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:26 PM Author: Cream Stain Filthpig this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611896) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:28 PM Author: lascivious drunken address round eye Meh. The fact that this punishment is even a possibility is what is so absurd. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611903) |
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Date: July 20th, 2014 5:45 PM Author: violent juggernaut institution this. "reality"-preachers are missing the point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25970249) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:31 PM Author: internet-worthy bearded keepsake machete exactly.4 grams of hash oil would have resulted in the same charge. this guy had 145 grams of hash oil plus a pound of weed apparently split into multiple baggies. no way will he gets even 10 years. I'd be surprised if he gets 5. |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:31 PM Author: lascivious drunken address round eye If he was dealing an equivalent weight in cocaine in they would cut him a deal, letting him off entirely to narc out his supplier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611914) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:33 PM Author: internet-worthy bearded keepsake machete (guy who didn't clerk) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611923) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:35 PM Author: lascivious drunken address round eye To be fair, being a clerk is completely faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611930) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:36 PM Author: internet-worthy bearded keepsake machete just do talk out of your ass bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611932) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:37 PM Author: lascivious drunken address round eye No u. As if witnessing black guys get drug sentences is the same as a white suburbia kid first time offender dealing weight. Honestly shut the fuck up or killself (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611939) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:49 PM Author: internet-worthy bearded keepsake machete brother let me put you on to game: judges have very little discetion when it comes to the federal sentencing guidelines, so it doesn't matter if he's balck or white. if he was charged with possessing over 500 grams of (powder) cocaine with the intent to distribute (1 pound plus 145 grams is over 500 grams) that's a level 26 offense. he'll do 63-78 months come hell or high water, white or black don't know why the fuck youre so pissed, or why you think race matters when it comes to half a key. fyi this is a law message board, and when it comes to things like criminal sentencing practices, some people actually know what the fuck theyre talking about edit: if your point was that this kid wont get the opportunity to snitch and get no time if they get a prosecutable arrest, youre equally retarded |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:52 PM Author: lascivious drunken address round eye Where the fuck did I talk about judges? I honestly did not read past your first sentence because you clearly have no understanding of what I am talking about. I have seen it happen to three kids from Westchester county. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25612013) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:54 PM Author: internet-worthy bearded keepsake machete you talked about black v. white people who "get sentences" where do you think sentences come from? edit: I thought you were implying that white kids got better sentences than black kids based on the same conduct if im off base, please explain your point |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:56 PM Author: lascivious drunken address round eye The white suburban kid as a first time offender will not get to court. You referenced being a clerk. Your witnessing sentences has absolutely no bearing on reality. If you cannot grasp this concept, you don't get it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25612029) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:59 PM Author: internet-worthy bearded keepsake machete you said if it was coke, he'd get a deal. if it was 500 grams of coke, the federal government would almost certainly assert jurisdiction. I learned that from clerking. are you saying you knew guys who got busted with half a key where the federal government didn't assert jurisdiction? at that point, if charged, you don't get diversion. you get a mandatory minimum of 5 years
"I have seen it happen to three kids from Westchester county." are you saying you know 3 kids who got caught with half a key and they didn't get charged at all because they snitched? are they in fucking witness protection? |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 8:25 PM Author: internet-worthy bearded keepsake machete come on brother. I wanna hear about the kids with half a key of coke who didn't get charged cause they were white (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25612200) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 8:40 PM Author: internet-worthy bearded keepsake machete "yeah steroid balls, we got busted with half a kilo of coke, but its all good, we just snitched on that bro that sold us that key. but um, keep that shit on the downlow ok?" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25612283) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 8:32 PM Author: Galvanic Sienna Lay "pot brownies = life sentence in texas is deliberately misleading HuffPo clickbait garbage as per usual. "
(Bro who can read) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 8:49 PM Author: Pale Vibrant Sweet Tailpipe Area huffpo and gawker are just the worst (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25612338) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 8:58 PM Author: Exciting goal in life elastic band (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25612394) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:59 PM Author: Outnumbered messiness U: poast on xo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25612041) |
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Date: July 20th, 2014 3:52 PM Author: Aromatic Walnut Lettuce Halford (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25969768) |